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Motichoor Ladoos Scrumptious Delicious Yummilicious homemade Motichoor Ladoos (Indian Sweet) Cooking Time: 1.5 hours Makes: 12 ladoos INGREDIENTS: For Boondi Gram flour- 1 cup Baking Soda- 1/4th teaspoon Water- 3/4th-1 cup (or depends on the besan. Some varieties soak more water some less. Add little by little) Food colors- Yellow and Orange- 1/8th teaspoon each (I have used both colors as I wanted Golden Orange colored ladoos. I have used Wilton Gel colors) Oil/Ghee for frying For Sugar Syrup Sugar- 3/4th Cup Water- 1/2 cup Lemon juice- 1 teaspoon Green cardamoms- 6-7 (only seeds,coarsely crushed) Rose water- 1 teaspoon Few strands of Saffron For Garnish (Optional) Melon Seeds- 1 tablespoon Pista slivers- 1 tablespoon Silver warq DIRECTIONS: For Boondi/Motichoor: We will start by making the batter. For that take gram flour in a bowl and add 1/4th cup of water. With the help of a spoon mix it well. Make sure there are no lumps. (Avoid using a whisk to mix it as we don't want too much air to be incorporated in the batter). Add little by little water and make a thin and lump free batter. Cover it and keep it aside for 30 minutes. It's important to give the batter this resting time as gram flour absorbs water and then only you will come to know the right consistency.
After this add color and baking soda and give the batter a good mix. The batter should be of dropping consistency as shown in the picture.
Heat oil in a kadhai. The oil should be hot. Check the oil before frying, drop a pea size besan batter inside the hot oil. And if it floats right back up, means your oil is ready for frying.
Hold the slotted spoon/strainer right above the kadhai, neither too low, nor too high. It should be couple of inches above the oil. Pour the batter into the strainer with the help of a ladle. Start tapping the strainer with the ladle as soon as you pour the batter and you can see small drops of boondi falling in the hot oil.
After tapping each scoop of batter, stir the boondi immediately for about two to three minutes time and remove it from oil. To drain the excess oil you can take them out on absorbent paper or take them out in a strainer which is kept on a bowl. This way the excess oil will be drained in the bowl.
Fry all boondis following the same process and keep them in the strainer. Let them cool down. Once they are at room temperature pulse them in a food processor for fine mootichoor ladoos. Boondi or Motichoor is ready.
For Sugar Syrup: Mix sugar and water in a deep pan. Bring it to boil at medium heat. Once it start boiling bring the temperature on very low heat. Add rest of the ingredients listed under sugar syrup. We have to make one string consistency syrup. It will take 5-7 minutes for the syrup to reach to one string consistency.
How to Check the consistency - take some liquid on the back of a spoon and if it coats the spoon without dripping means sugar syrup is ready. Or you can check by taking some cooled off sugar syrup in between your fingers, press and then open the fingers, if it forms a thick string between the fingers without breaking - sugar syrup is ready to use. Drop the boondis in to sugar syrup. Stir it well. Let it cook on very low heat while stirring continuously for 1-2 minutes or till boondi absorb the sugar syrup and mixture gets thick. Mixture should not be overcooked otherwise ladoos would get dry and hard. So cook the boondi in sugar syrup till mixture gets thicker and comes together. Boondi would start getting shining texture and would also start leaving the side as shown the picture. Once its done, switch off the heat. Add melon seeds and pista slivers and mix well. Cover it for 5 minutes and let it cool down a bit(the mixture should be warm to touch and not completely cold).
How to make Ladoos: Now, comes the most interesting part. Grease your Palms with some water and make round shape Ladoos whatever size you like. Make all ladoos while mixture is warm. As you can see I have made Modaks shaped Ladoos with the same mixture just by using the Modak molds. (Grease with water, Why? As sugar syrup will make the mixture sticky, water greased palms will help in binding the ladoos and it will be easy to handle the mixture) Repeat the process with rest of the mixture. Keep Ladoos in a plate and leave them for some time to set. You can store them in airtight containers. Scrumptious Delicious Yummilicious homemade Motichoor Ladoos are ready. Enjoy!!!! |